ENGLISH 241

Literature and Science


Please note: this is archived course information from 2014 for ENGLISH 241.

Description

Explores the relations between literature and science past and present, including science fiction, science in fiction, creativity and criticism in science and in literature, narrative and metaphor as ways of understanding in science and in literature, literature about science, science writing (science as literature), science on literature and science and literature on human nature.

Availability 2014

Not taught in 2014

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Distinguished Professor Brian Boyd

Reading/Texts


Recommended Reading


Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

ENGLISH 241: 15 points

Prerequisites

90 points passed

Corequisites


Restrictions